NWXHX Fees and Costs — Nationwide Strategic Income Fund, Service Class
Data updated: 2026-09-18
The net expense ratio is 0.61%: a 0.52% management fee plus 0.19% other expenses, less a 0.10% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $112K in broker commissions, 0.0111% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 290%.
NWXHX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of NWXHX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.52% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.19% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.71% |
| Fee waiver | −0.10% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.61% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
NWXHX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in NWXHX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $391 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.65% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.61%) | $64 | $201 | $349 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $4 | $6 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $10 | $36 |
| Total costs | $65 | $214 | $391 |
| Value after costs | $10,435 | $11,362 | $12,371 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.65% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
NWXHX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0111%
- Total broker commissions: $112K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.5B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 290%
- Securities on loan, average value: $69.6M
- Net income from securities lending: $174K (0.017% of average net assets)
NWXHX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $112K | 100.00% |
NWXHX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $2.0B | 28.78% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $1.8B | 26.96% |
| BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | $705.5M | 10.28% |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | $689.1M | 10.05% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $548.4M | 7.99% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $310.4M | 4.53% |
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | $274.7M | 4.00% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $203.7M | 2.97% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $184.4M | 2.69% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $120.0M | 1.75% |
Nationwide Strategic Income Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWXGX | Class R6 | 0.49% | none |
| NWXHX | Service Class | 0.61% | none |
| NWXEX | Class A | 0.90% | 2.25% |
| NWXFX | Class C | 1.74% | none |
For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.